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Now let us consider the Components (Hardware and Software) required for a
multimedia system:
- Capture devices
- -- Video Camera, Video Recorder, Audio Microphone,
Keyboards, mice, graphics tablets, 3D input devices, tactile sensors, VR devices.
Digitising/Sampling Hardware
- Storage Devices
- -- Hard disks, CD-ROMs, Jaz/Zip drives, DVD, etc
- Communication Networks
- -- Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, ATM, Intranets,
Internets.
- Computer Systems
- -- Multimedia Desktop machines, Workstations,
MPEG/VIDEO/DSP Hardware
- Display Devices
- -- CD-quality speakers, HDTV,SVGA, Hi-Res monitors, Colour
printers etc.
Dave Marshall
10/4/2001